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<a href="http://www.populous.com/news/090929_Sochi/" target="_blank">Populous</a>, a new venture recently spun-off from leading sustainable architecture firm HOK has unveiled its design for the stadium that will be the epicenter of the <a href="http://sochi2014.com/" target="_blank">2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia</a>. Although the plans are still hazy, the project will feature several <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/06/the-watercube-wins-australias-highest-architecture-award/" target="_blank">sustainable factors</a> including a shimmering crystalline skin.
The translucent skin is meant to represent the "color and spectacle of the games when illuminated at night" and will envelope 40,000 people when the stadium is full.</a></a></a></a></strong></a></strong></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/2014-winter-olympic-stadium-will-have-crystalline-skin/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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<a href="http://www.populous.com/news/090929_Sochi/" target="_blank">Populous</a>, a new venture recently spun-off from leading sustainable architecture firm HOK has unveiled its design for the stadium that will be the epicenter of the <a href="http://sochi2014.com/" target="_blank">2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia</a>. Although the plans are still hazy, the project will feature several <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/06/the-watercube-wins-australias-highest-architecture-award/" target="_blank">sustainable factors</a> including a shimmering crystalline skin.
The translucent skin is meant to represent the "color and spectacle of the games when illuminated at night" and will envelope 40,000 people when the stadium is full.</a></a></a></a></strong></a></strong></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/2014-winter-olympic-stadium-will-have-crystalline-skin/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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2014 Winter Olympic Stadium

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<a href="http://www.populous.com/news/090929_Sochi/" target="_blank">Populous</a>, a new venture recently spun-off from leading sustainable architecture firm HOK has unveiled its design for the stadium that will be the epicenter of the <a href="http://sochi2014.com/" target="_blank">2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia</a>. Although the plans are still hazy, the project will feature several <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/06/the-watercube-wins-australias-highest-architecture-award/" target="_blank">sustainable factors</a> including a shimmering crystalline skin.
The translucent skin is meant to represent the "color and spectacle of the games when illuminated at night" and will envelope 40,000 people when the stadium is full.</a></a></a></a></strong></a></strong></a></a>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/2014-winter-olympic-stadium-will-have-crystalline-skin/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Populous, a new venture recently spun-off from leading sustainable architecture firm HOK has unveiled its design for the stadium that will be the epicenter of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Although the plans are still hazy, the project will feature several sustainable factors including a shimmering crystalline skin.
The translucent skin is meant to represent the "color and spectacle of the games when illuminated at night" and will envelope 40,000 people when the stadium is full....